Independence California

Independence California
click photo to enlarge	Independence is the county seat for Inyo County. We have been through here on 395 heading up to Tahoe or Yosemite but never stopped. We decided to spend the weekend in Independence and use the book available from any of the local visitors centers called "Motor Touring in the Eastern Sierra and Death Valley" to go playing on roads less traveled. The Inyo County court house is shown at left.
click photo to enlarge	The wagons are part of a 20 Mule Team wagon train used to haul Borax out of Death Valley. It is part of a large outdoor display at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. The museum is highly recommended.
click photo to enlarge	It was a very cold weekend but the sky was beautifully clear and the mountains had a nice layer of fresh snow on the. We stayed in the Winnedumah Hotel. The hotel has real possibilities but under present ownership we won't stay there again. The boiler wasn't working and the space heaters they put in each room could not keep up with the very cold temperatures of this weekend. The room never even hit 60. They advertise things on the web site that they have no intention of honoring. They were from previous owners and these people have now owned it for 3 years. If you ask the owner he plays ignorant like what does it say. I'll have to tell the web master to fix it. Yeah right.
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